Tuesday, May 11, 2010

KCRW’s Ruth Seymour Offers Rich Legacy to Jewish Community

By Tom Tugend

For a woman who says she has never been much involved in the Jewish community, Ruth Seymour has probably introduced more people to an appreciation of. . .

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

IKAR’s Brous Tapped as ‘Woman to Watch’

By Danielle Berrin

Jewish Women International celebrated their 12th annual group of “Women to Watch” by honoring IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous with one of its 10. . .

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Cancer survivor brings art, courage to other patients

By Rachel Heller

Having cancer has emboldened Kaufman in other ways, too -- after her first surgery in 1999, she traveled to Israel for the first time.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Freshman Israeli filmmaker earns three Emmy nods

By Justin Rudzki, Israel21c

Rosie O'Donnell was impressed enough by Medalia and her venture that she joined the project as executive producer.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Q&A with Rhoda Weisman -- Jewish woman on top

By Danielle Berrin

Rhoda Weisman, executive director of the Professional Leaders Project, which is designed to engender and support a new generation of leaders in the. . .

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Rabbi Leah Kroll takes solo trip to fulfill aliyah dreams

By Tom Tugend

In August, she joined 240 other North American olim, or new immigrants, on an El Al flight chartered by Nefesh B' Nefesh (Soul to Soul), arriving to. . .

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Deferred dream comes true for actress Nan Tepper

By Tom Tugend

"I had been a student, wife, mother, news executive and caregiver, but I had always promised myself that one day I would be an actor."

Thursday, July 31, 2008

All pink, all the time

By Molly Binenfeld, Contributing Writer

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Feminist cantor retires from long-term post

By Danielle Berrin

If words don't come easily to Rosenbloom, it's because she has spent most of her life singing. As early as age 4, she jumped up on a coffee table at. . .

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Hadassah convention - VideoJew style

By Jay Firestone

The 94th annual Hadassah convention recently traveled to Los Angeles and JewishJournal.com VideoJew Jay Firestone was all over it, like jelly on. . .

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Turning 60

By Rabbi Anne Brener

I have learned that finding peace is more important than being right, but that I can't make peace with someone who doesn't see me, nor they with me. . .

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hadassah convention to stimulate mind, body, soul

By Tom Tugend

An overflowing plate of activities, from Shalom Yoga exercises at 6:15 a.m. to festivities lasting until midnight, will be served up to some 2,000. . .

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Young women find it’s not their bubbe’s Hadassah

By Rachel Heller

A spiritually-attuned mother of two with a background in software sales, Rabishaw might not seem like your typical Hadassah member. Then again, many. . .

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

What to expect when you’re not sure you’re done expecting

By Debi Pomerantz

One night on the phone, she confesses to me about the "voices" -- the voices in her head that keep telling her she feels empty. I tell her the story. . .

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Researchers stop biological clock during chemo

By Karin Kloosterman

Girls as young as 14 who are exposed to chemotherapy for treating breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, and other non-malignant diseases such as lupus,. . .

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tolerance Museum director doesn’t tolerate status quo

By Elyse Glickman

The Museum of Tolerance is rarely the same experience twice, even with its permanent exhibits. New visuals, soundtracks and materials are added to. . .

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Student on track to become first black female rabbi

By Sue Fishkoff

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn't particularly interested in being a standard-bearer. She's proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a. . .

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Leading . . .  by pulling back

By Amy Klein

When Lori Schneide was 16 years old, she lived in India for the summer. "I had this deep impression of calling," she said. "There's something we all. . .

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The intercontinental JConnector dreams big

By Danielle Berrin

Just try to put Michal Taviv in a box -- she won't fit.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Gender equity lags in Jewish organizations

By Sue Fishkoff

It's been 45 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal to pay men more than women for the same job.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The hi-tech gadgets women need now!

By Beth Levine

Major manufacturers think that all they have to do is make the product pink to win us over. But, you won't find many women lost in a gooey haze over. . .

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Finding the sacred in the mundane

By Amy Klein

Now, following the latest publishing craze of themed Jewish anthologies comes "Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday" (Urim. . .

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Women’s Heart Health 101

By Jenny Stamos

Advice about cholesterol for women.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Counting my bruchas

By Fredricka R. Maister

They say brakha, I say brucha in referring to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, the strong predictors of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer found. . .